What's the difference between what people, or things created by people,say and what they mean? Why is that difference often so great? This blog about media,the psychology of consumer behaviour, visual communications,and the strange cultural history of advertising will investigate what things say and what they mean and what that says about the strange strange world that is us.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

KFC- Eat Your Fingers Off Soulfully!

I just can't help it. Every time I think of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) I think of people eating their fingers off. It's one of those examples of cross-cultural mistakes being made in translation of advertising slogans. The story goes that when KFC opened their store in China, the famous slogan "Finger lickin' good" was translated into "eat Your fingers off."

So even though this soulful London ad for KFC is sweet and sentimental..I just can't help it..I'm envisioning a zombie movie.